47 C.F.R. 47 CFR--PART 11
Title 47 - Telecommunication
Effective Date(s): Dec. 31, 2006 or May 31, 2007, except §§11.15, 11.21, 11.35, 11.51, 11.52, 11.55 and 11.61 which contains information that has not been approved by OMB. 21. Amend §11.55 by revising paragraphs (a), (c) introductory text, (c)(4) and (c)(7) to read as follows: (a) The EAS may be activated at the State and Local Area levels by EAS Participants at their discretion for day-to-day emergency situations posing a threat to life and property. Examples of natural emergencies which may warrant activation are: Tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, heavy snows, icing conditions, widespread fires, etc. Man-made emergencies may include: toxic gas leaks or liquid spills, widespread power failures, industrial explosions, and civil disorders. (1) DBS providers shall pass through all EAS messages aired on local television broadcast stations carried by DBS providers under the Commission's broadcast signal carriage rules to subscribers receiving those channels. (2) SDARS licensees and DBS providers may participate in EAS at the state and local level and make their systems capable of receiving and transmitting state and local level EAS messages on all channels. If an SDARS licensee or DBS provider is not capable of receiving and transmitting state and local EAS message on all channels, it must inform its subscribers, on its website and in writing on an annual basis, of which channels are and are not capable of supplying state and local messages. * * * * * (c) Immediately upon receipt of a State or Local Area EAS message, EAS Participants participating in the State or Local Area EAS must do the following: * * * * * (4) EAS Participants participating in the State or Local Area EAS must discontinue normal programming and follow the procedures in the State and Local Area plans. Analog and digital television broadcast stations must comply with §11.54(b)(5); analog cable systems, digital cable systems, and wireless cable systems must comply with §11.54(b)(6); and DBS providers must comply with §11.54(b)(7). EAS Participants providing foreign language programming should comply with §11.54(b)(8). * * * * * (7) The times of the above EAS actions must be entered in the EAS Participants' records as specified in §§11.35(a) and 11.54(b)(13). * * * * *
Amendment from November 25, 2005
47 CFR--PART 11
Amendment(s) published November 25, 2005, in 70 FR 71037
§ 11.55 EAS operation during a State or Local Area emergency.
